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"Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think." ...Martin Luther King, Jr.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Things to Ponder...

Number of the 121 U.S. biofuel refineries that have been cited by the EPA since 2004 for polluting: 54

Chances that a US worker in 1990 drove to and from work alone: 3 in 4Chances today: 4 in 5

Average annual cost to taxpayers of a US government intelligence officer: $126,500Average annual cost to taxpayers of a private intelligence contractor: $250,000

Number of times FDA officials met with consumer and patient groups as the agency revised its drug review policy last year: 5Number of times they met with industry representatives: 113

Percentage of Americans who report being able to get a same-day or next-day doctor’s appointment when sick: 51Percentage of the French who do: 57

Chances that a US firefighter is overweight or obese: 9 in 10Rank of on-the-job heart failure among top killers of firefighters: 1

Days by which the average length of the western US wildfire season since 2000 has exceeded that in the 1970s: 92Percentage of the US Forest Service budget in 1991 and today, respectively, designated for firefighting: 13, 43

Amount that Hillary Clinton had received by this spring from former donors to George W. Bush: $454,850Amount that Barack Obama had received from such donors: $320,514